Collection
Dr David Malangi
(Australia 1927–19 Jun 1999)
- Language group
- Manyarrngu, Arnhem region
- Title
- Waterlily bulbs at Yathalamarra waterhole
- Place of origin
-
Central Arnhem Land →
Northern Territory →
Australia
- Year
- (1983)
- Media category
- Bark painting
- Materials used
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
-
71.5 x 27.0cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1984
- Accession number
- 128.1984
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Waterlily bulbs at Yathalamarra waterhole (the artist's mother's country). The waterlily is one of the main totems of the Balmbi people whose country is situated around a billabong at Yathalamarra. The bulbs are a valuable source of food in the dry season.
[Art Centre documentation]
- Exhibition history (1)
-
The Dreamers (2009-10), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 May 2009 -
